Being overdue leads to a totally different state of mind

mtusnow · November 2014

Anyone else out there past their due date and feeling very different about things now? Before my due date people would say you must be ready to be done being pregnant and my response was actually I feel really good, so she can just continue to bake and I'll get a few more things off the to do list. Well starting the day I was due I started to become more anxious and ready, a total 180 degree change in the thought process. I spent all day wondering if she was going to come and thinking she would and paying extra attention to every little feeling in my belly. It also may have something to do with everywhere I go everyone is pointing out that I'm still pregnant. I'm not sure what the right thing is to say to someone who is over due, but it gets really old to have everyone point out that I'm still pregnant. Kind of makes me not want to see anyone I know.

abbyful · November 2014

That's why I don't get attached to a "due date", it's just an estimate. According to Harvard University and Bradley Method Childbirth, actual human gestation is 41w1d.

DS was born at 40w6d, so I'm not expecting this baby to be here at 40w either.

Curlyfries851 · November 2014

I feel you 100%. I know due dates are never exact but I'm such an organized and planned person that this not knowing is killing me lol

mtusnow · November 2014

abbyful said:

That's why I don't get attached to a "due date", it's just an estimate. According to Harvard University and Bradley Method Childbirth, actual human gestation is 41w1d. DS was born at 40w6d, so I'm not expecting this baby to be here at 40w either.

I didn't think I was too attached to a due date and I know it's just an estimate, but with the doctor even saying I was well on my way and might not make it to the next appointment (which was 40w 1d) and all the comments from well meaning people in my life, what I know and what I feel aren't actually matching up. I actually am feeling less anxious now at 40w 3d than I was earlier but I can still tell I'm more on edge and I'm a little tired of the comments and looks from everyone about being overdue. Today my reply was that she wants to stay warm and cozy a bit longer.

mtusnow · November 2014

IndianaMommy08 said:

Yeah I was pretty upset the first day or two but I'm okay with it now. I've come to accept she may not be here for a few more days. Induction Sunday if she doesn't make an appearance! It does get old when people ask every day "you haven't popped out that baby yet?!?" Or "why haven't you gone into labor?" Uhhh i don't know? Lol

I'm right there with you. My induction is Monday. Doubt I'll sleep much the night before if I make it that far. Induction scheduled for 6am but we need to call at 4am to double check that it's on and then come in. Sooooo early!!

jessa1228 · November 2014

I wasn't attached to my due date specifically, but I'm not gonna lie - I'm pretty bummed that it has come and gone. I'm still going to work (Friday will be my last day if baby still isn't here), and the amount of "OMG you're still here?!"s I'm getting is driving me batty. I know the statistics about FTMs going late and how "late" is technically 42 weeks now, but still.

kaimee27 · November 2014

Yeah, I'm not even due/overdue yet, and I'm already tired of the "still pregnant!?/still here?!" comments. I don't think they help us wait. Of course we all want our LO's to stay in as long as they need to, but now that we're all in the last few weeks of our pregnancies, I think it's pretty normal to feel excited and maybe a little anxious (or a lot

) about not knowing when we get to meat these little people.

mander82 · November 2014

I am not overdue yet either and I am already sick of people acting surprised I am still at work.

I am hoping the full moon tomorrow gets these babies moving for you overdue ladies!

TheBenzMom · November 2014

I understand the feeling. I'm 41 weeks 2 days and just feel a little depressed. Before my due date I was excited and kept saying any day now. Now I am just feeling upset and don't think he will come on his own. Induction is Monday.

misterdonut · November 2014

Oh I'm attached to my due date like sticky glue. With you ladies. I've prepped the house, baby room and cleaned up every speck of dog fur so I can come back to a clean house-- and every. Day. That. Goes. By. I. Repeat. Baby come out!!! (40+4)

absolutelymaybe · November 2014

mander82 said:
I am not overdue yet either and I am already sick of people acting surprised I am still at work.

I am hoping the full moon tomorrow gets these babies moving for you overdue ladies!

I'm so with you on being annoyed by people at work. I know I'm having twins so that did move my due date up a little, but I only worked until 36 weeks. At 34 weeks people were all "Youre still here!?" Come on people.

mrsodonnell12 · November 2014

I am also annoyed by the constant comments. I know people dont mean them in a bad way but it just really doesn't help!

Melodyhay · November 2014

I'm due Monday but you would have thought I was due a month ago the way people have been acting (impatienty!). I keep telling myself that theyre just excited and that's a good thing, but yeah, it's getting irritating. I've wanted lo to wait til 40 weeks this whole pregnancy and that's what he's doing!

Good boy!

ssavage8 · November 2014

I have been ready for a while. I am ready to meet her. Beyond that I am more excited for people's advice to be over. All those crazy things people tell you to go to induce labor. Sick of the crazy well this crazy and ready for the next level of nuts I guess

misterdonut · November 2014

Contractions starting!!!! Full moon prayers answered I hope. 430am 10 min apart! Hoping everyone else gets the full moon vibes sent their way.

belmont1785 · November 2014

People have been saying stuff like," any day now!" To me since I was like 32 weeks. I would just say something like, " actually I have 2 months left."

I have over two weeks left until my due date (if my bp doesn't get worse) so that feels like an eternity sometimes. But other times I'm content with it.

KMW08 · November 2014

It's weird to explain for me. I'm not overdue yet (37wks tomorrow) but I feel like I could be -- no contractions, no signs, very few BH, nada, zilch.

I'm really just happy to be pregnant and to be this far along. I know baby is baking comfortably and doing what he should be doing. I'm overjoyed by this.

That being said, I'm ready to meet him! Also these last weeks of pregnancy are kicking my ass. My feet/legs are so swollen, my hand stays numb pretty much all the time, energy is drained. I just feel helpless, there's so much I wanna do around the house but I can't. Also work has hit our busy season, so my days off I'm trying to build my energy back up. It's an evil evil cycle.

ThetaGirl1231 · November 2014

Every day my friends and family (well meaning) keep asking me about contractions and how I'm feeling and if I've gone into labor yet. I have just been copying and pasting the same message over and over again for about a week now. I'm getting really tired of the "well why don't you have the baby already?" Good idea, why didn't I think of that?!? (Sporadic contractions, 41 weeks, induction tomorrow)

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